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| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office= [[Mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| office= [[Mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Republican Party |Republican Party]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=April 23, 1970
| term_start=April 23, 1970
| term_end=1972
| term_end=1972
| birth_date=June 23, 1932
| birth_date=June 23, 1932
| death_date=March 5, 2021 (aged 88)
| death_date=March 5, 2021 (aged 88)
| birth_place=Lindale, Smith County, Texas
| birth_place=Red Springs, Smith County<br>
| death_place=
near Lindale, Texas
| resting_place=
| death_place=Hideaway, Smith County
| occupation=Orthodontist and [[Business]]man
| resting_place=Hopewell Cemetery in Swan in Smith County
| residence=Hideway near [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]<br>Smith County, Texas
| occupation=Orthodontist from 1961 to 1983<br>
| spouse=Edwina Brown Granberry (married 1954-2021, his death)
[[Business]]man
| residence=Hideway, Smith County, Texas
| spouse=Edwina Brown Granberry (married 1955-2021, his death)
| children=Leslie Granberry Hamilton<br>
| children=Leslie Granberry Hamilton<br>
James Granberry, Jr.<br>
James "Jay" Granberry, Jr.<br>
Zachary Granberry<br>
Zachary Granberry<br>
Timothy Edwin Granberry<br>
Susan Jane Granberry Mitchell<br>
Susan Jane Granberry Mitchell<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Henry and Mary Granberry
Thomas Henry and Mary Lee Carter Granberry
| religion=
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
|alma_mater=Lindale High School<br>
Tyler Junior College<br>
North Texas State University (Denton)<br>
Baylor College of Dentistry
|branch=[[United States Air Force]]
|serviceyears=1950-1955
|rank=Staff Sergeant<br>
Managed bookstore at Randoloph Air Force Base ([[San Antonio]])
'''James Harlan Granberry, Sr.''', known as '''Jim Granberry''' (June 23, 1932 – March 5, 2021), was an orthodonitst and [[business]]man remembered as the [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who guided the city through a series of [[tornado]]es that shattered the region on May 11, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/obituaries/2021/03/07/former-lubbock-mayor-granberry-who-helped-lead-city-after-1970-tornado-dies-89/4620830001/|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|title=Former Lubbock Mayor Granberry, who helped lead city after 1970 tornado, dies at 89|author=Adam D. Young|date=March 7, 2021|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
'''James Harlan Granberry, Sr.''', known as '''Jim Granberry''' or as '''Hoosey Granberry''' (June 23, 1932 – March 5, 2021), was an orthodonitst-turned-[[business]]man remembered as the [[mayor]] of [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], who guided the city through a series of [[tornado]]es that shattered the region on May 11, 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/obituaries/2021/03/07/former-lubbock-mayor-granberry-who-helped-lead-city-after-1970-tornado-dies-89/4620830001/|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|title=Former Lubbock Mayor Granberry, who helped lead city after 1970 tornado, dies at 89|author=Adam D. Young|date=March 7, 2021|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
==Background==
Nicknamed "Hoosey," Granberry was the eighth of twelve children of Thomas Henry Granberry (1894-1977) and the former Mary Lee Carter (1900-1977). He was born in the small community of Red Springs in Smith County, near Lindale and [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]], Texas. He outlived all but one of his siblings.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223956778/james-harlan-granberry|title=Dr. James Harlan "Jim-Hoosey" Granberry|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2021}}</ref>
In 1950, he graduated from Lindale High School as the class president and captain of the varsity [[football]] and [[basketball]] teams. He enlisted in the [[United States Air Force]] and managed the medical book store at Randolph Field in [[San Antonio]], Texas. He also played [[baseball]] for Randolph Air Force Base, he (perhaps his best sport) for Randolph AFB, Hoosey once legged out a swinging bunt single against Brooklyn Dodger great Don Newcombe and was once in competition with [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] great Don Newcombe. Upon receiving an honorable discharge as a Staff Sergeant in January 1955, he enrolled as a pre-dental student at Tyler Junior College. After just a few months, he began to date Edwina Brown of Hopewell and they soon married on December 17, 1955. The next year Edwina was chosen as “Most Beautiful” at Tyler Junior College in a competition judged by movie star [[The Tab Hunter Show|Tab Hunter]]. He was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa scholastic fraternity. He later established an annual pre-dental scholarship at Tyler Junior College.<ref name=obit/>
He completed his pre-dental studies in 1957 at North Texas State University in Denton. In 1961, he received his [[DDS]] degree from the Baylor College of Dentistry, at which he was the president of the Psi Omega fraternity, founder of the Baylor Orthodontology Honor Society, and president of the Student Clinicians Association of America. Following dental college, he and Edwina moved to Lubbock, where he worked for three years under pioneer orthodontist Dr. Grover Turner. He developed one of the largest orthodontic practices in Lubbock. The Granberrys lived in Lubbock until 1994, when they returned to Smith Council to engage in business. In Lubbock, Granberry was a [[Sunday school]] teacher, [[deacon]], and lay speaker for the Second Baptist Church, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=obit/>
==Political career==
Granberry was a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee and a delegatd to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in [[Miami Beach, [[Florida]], to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Agnew]] ticket. He served on the Lubbock City Council from 1966 to 1970 and was mayor pro tempore in 1966.<ref name=obit/>
In 1970, he was handily elected as Lubbock’s youngest mayor in history. Only nineteen days in office, Lubbock was struck by a devastating tornado which struck the heart of the citya and left twenty-six person daead and thousands injured or homeless. Because of his management of tornado reconstruction, President Nixon appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group, in which capacity he traveled four times to [[Peru]] to help in the recovery from their 1970 earthquake.<ref name=obit/>
Granberry formerly was the chairman of the regebts if East Texas State University, now Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He was a trustee for the -Baylor College of Dentistry and the Methodist Hospital of Lubbock. He was president of the Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau and chairman of , Chairman-Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, President-Texas Partners of the Americas with Peru, and Vice President-Texas Municipal League.<ref name=obit/>
Granberry said that he and a united city council mobilized to direct the rebuilding of the city. He said that he was limited in what could be accomplished but termed Mayor Pro Tempore [[Deaton Rigsby]] his "right-hand man" in the reconstruction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20190506/former-lubbock-councilman-school-trustee-rigsby-dies|title=Former Lubbock councilman, school trustee Rigsby dies|author=Adam D. Young|publisher=''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal''|date=May 6, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>Dr. Jim was in office for only 19 days when a devastating tornado ripped through the heart of the city of Lubbock, leaving 26 people dead and thousands injured and homeless. As mayor, Dr. Jim worked triple time to care for his city, his family, and his dental practice.
Due to Dr. Jim and his team’s crisis management in the aftermath of the tornado, President Richard Nixon appointed him to serve on the Peruvian Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group. He traveled to Peru four times assisting the Peruvian Government in the recovery from their 1970 earthquake.
Other former positions include: Chairman-East Texas State University Board of Regents, Trustee-Baylor College of Dentistry, Board of trustees-Methodist Hospital of Lubbock, President-Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau, Chairman-Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, President-Texas Partners of the Americas with Peru, and Vice President-Texas Municipal League.
Granberry did not seek reelection in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
Granberry did not seek reelection in 1972 and was succeeded by [[Morris "Moe" Turner]]. Earlier from 1966 to 1970, he was a member of the city council. Mayors and council members in Texas are all officially nonpartisan, but Granberry was known to be a [[Republican Party|Republican]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-granberry/e332317423356|title=James Granberry (H)|publisher=mylife.com|accessdate=March 9, 2021}}</ref>
==1974 gubernatorial race==
==1974 gubernatorial race==